Bollywood celebrities have no qualms in defying Shakespeare’s famous quote, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” According to our B-town celebs, a lot is in the name as dropping or adding a letter can be their direct flight to success. Here’s a list of Bollywood actors who changed their spellings to weird recommendations by their numerologist.

Rani Mukerji: Rani is the new celebrity in the industry to change her spelling. She changed her surname, Mukherjee to Mukerji. However, unlike most celebs her reason to change her spelling wasn’t based on numerology but because that’s how it is spelt on her passport. Realised too late, huh?

Ajay Devgn: We find Ajay’s surname spelling too silly. We’re not even sure how to pronounce ‘Devgn’. On request from him mother, who is a numerology believer, Ajay changed his name from Devgan to Devgn.

Karisma Kapoor: Karisma dropped the 'h' from her name a few years ago. A drop of one letter changed the meaning of her name as well. While Karishma meant miracle, Karisma means gift. :-O

Jaaved Jaaferi: God! We have no idea why he would add all those extra A’s to his name? It has definitely not brought him success in his career, instead made it confusing for us to spell his name.

Riteish Deshmukh: Riteish’s reason to change his spelling has been the funniest so far. He doesn’t really believe in numerology, but on insistence from the assistant director of Masti, he added the extra “I”.

Tusshar Kapoor: Like Jaaved Jaaferi and Riteish Deshmukh, Tusshar also added an extra letter to his name. His mother is a follower of occult sciences and convinced him to add the extra “S”.

Viveik Oberoi: If there is anyone who needs luck, it’s Viveik Oberoi. The actor changed his spelling from Vivek to Viveik, doesn’t it look weird?

Jimmy Sheirgil: Jimmy changed the spelling of his surname from Shergill to Sheirgil. Not sure how it has affected his career.

Suneil Shetty: Actor Suneil added an “E” to his name for numerological reasons.

Isha Koppikar: Khallas girl Isha changed her spelling from Kopikar to Koppikar. She did bag roles in big banner films after the spelling change.

Bollywood celebrities have no qualms in defying Shakespeare’s famous quote, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” According to our B-town celebs, a lot is in the name as dropping or adding a letter can be their direct flight to success. Here’s a list of Bollywood actors who changed their spellings to weird recommendations by their numerologist.